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Philosophy & the Matrix
In order to complete this assignment I had to watch The Matrix for the first time. I do not know why I’ve never seen this movie, but I was blown away. Easily one of the most intriguing and questioning movies I’ve seen in a while. In fact it was the first movie I watched a second time over since Shrek came out. The Matrix was a raging success when it debuted in 1999 for its ability to capture the audience in terms of grabbing their minds to focus on ideas and concepts about life and reality. This is what drove me to watch it a second time. Philosophical theories and principles are portrayed throughout the entire movie. The movie raises the most universal questions that all humans catch themselves asking such as, “What is reality?” “What is the truth” etc. I believe it was for this reason that the movie was such a success, because the movie appealed to the audience on a different level then most movies does. It captures your imagination and forces you to think about things with a different perspective. It almost takes off the blindfold in a sense and opens up the viewer’s brain to accepting a new concept about life and reality.
When the film begins we meet two main characters, Trinity and Neo. Trinity exemplifies brilliant fighting tactics and gravity defying moves that seem super human. Trinity was being chased by agents who are unsuccessful in trying to capture her and focus on their next...

...﻿PHILOSOPHYPhilosophy is divided into many sub-fields. These include epistemology, logic, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics.
Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge, such as the relationships between truth, belief, and theories of justification.
Logic is the study of the principles of correct reasoning.
Metaphysics is the study of the most general features of reality, such as existence, time, the relationship between mind and body, objects and their properties, wholes and their parts, events, processes, and causation.
Ethics, or "moral philosophy," is concerned primarily with the question of the best way to live, and secondarily, concerning the question of whether this question can be answered.
Aesthetics deals with beauty, art, enjoyment, sensory-emotional values, perception, and matters of taste and sentiment.
Definition:
-- The term philosophy itself comes from the Greek philosophia, which means love of wisdom.
--The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
--The critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge.
Meaning:
--The rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods.
Significance:
For us to avoid being fooled by those learned person, it removes or takes away doubts, it turns life to be simple...

...MATRIX FOR THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
|Eastern Countries |Religion |Origins & History |
| |Senses are source of knowledge |Definition of soul as level of life |
|ARISTOTLE |Man forms universals, or categories, from many perceptions of like objects |Plant Life |
|(384 – 322 B.C.) |Explains how things come into existence and provide lines of investigation to be followed in studying into the |Animal Life |
| |nature of a thing |Human Life |
| |Presents deductive reasoning based on experience as method of science and philosophy |Four Causes...

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Philosophy
PHL/215
November 03, 2014
PhilosophyPhilosophy is “the study of ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life, etc…; a particular set of ideas about knowledge, truth, and meaning of life; and a set of ideas about how to do something or how to live” (Philosophy, 2014, para. 1). Philosophy plays a huge role in all of our lives. Studding of philosophy influences our lives in many ways and has many purposes. Philosophy has five major branches metaphysis, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and logic. Each of these branches plays a role with culture to develop thoughts in human beings by wondering, a dynamic process, the truth, and wisdom.
“Philosophy is an attempt to reason clearly and critically about all areas of experience: science, religion, art, politics, and mortality” (What is Philosophy, Para, 1). The purpose of philosophy is to try to understand and evaluate our most basics, beliefs, values, and to integrate them into a coherent view of each of us and the world around us (What is Philosophy, 2014).
Studying philosophy is important because it continues to play an important role in shaping the future of all human existence, Philosophy enhances personal growth, professional opportunities, improves reading skill, critical thinking, communication, and helps in...

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PhilosophyMatrixField
Definition
Historical Developments
Schools Of Thought
Key Contributors
Principal Issues
Epistemology
Epistemology is the investigation into the grounds and nature of knowledge.
Found in the 1800’s
From Old Greece forward, Plato, Socrates, and developmental ideas.
Rationalism means the knowledge can be acquired through the use of reason and empiricism is obtained through experience. Externalism, empiricism, constructivism, and etc.
Rene Descartes
Immanuel Kant
Aristotle
Plato
Locke
Berkeley
Spinoza
The kind of knowledge of how can we know what we know, the reason why?
How is knowledge got?
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and fundamental properties of being.
Idea owed to Aristotle. In Greece
Realism
Idealism
Materialism
Dualism
Monism
Aristotle
Aquinas
Locke
Kant
Plato
Berkeley
Hobbes
Descartes
Leibniz
Spinoza
What is being? What are its fundamental features and properties? Is there a God? Do people really have free will?
Moral
Moral is the philosophical study of moral judgments and value judgments about what is virtuous, just or unjust, morally right or wrong and etc. It is the area of philosophy concerned with how we...

...Two philosophers, have one thing in common, philosophy. Plato and Aristotle are two philosophers that have their differences and their similarities. To start off, Plato was the student of Socrates. He had a lot of beliefs that has made him the philosopher he is today. As Plato was Socrates’ student, Aristotle was Plato’s student, so they have a lot in common, and a lot of differences.
Plato is known for his Theories of Forms, which lead to the thought called Platonism. Theories of Forms refer to the belief that the material world around us is only an image of the real world. Plato believes that forms are eternal and changeless. Plato trusts that the abstract objects should be called goodness, beauty, difference and so on. Plato’s also touches about the soul and how that part of our body will never disappear in a sense. It is with us from our birth, and throughout our lives we are lead to a punishment or reward because of the choices we made. Plato believes it is our soul that gives us the insight into our lives. Plato took a lot of Socrates’ works and gave us a different perspective and thoughts on the theories. Plato wrote about justice, courage and wisdom. He also examined poetry and is famous for his work, Republic.
As for Aristotle, he wrote about logic and meaning and reasoning. He also wrote about metaphysics, music, poetry, and theatre. Aristotle was big on epistemology in universals and souls. He would incorporate his philosophical work in...